Added Monolog for automation scripts

automation/helpers.php

@@ -1,5 +1,46 @@
 <?php
 
+require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
+use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;
+use Monolog\Handler\RotatingFileHandler;
+use Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter;
+
+/**
+ * Sets up and returns a Logger instance.
+ * 
+ * @param string $logFilePath Full path to the log file.
+ * @param string $channelName Name of the log channel (optional).
+ * @return Logger
+ */
+function setupLogger($logFilePath, $channelName = 'app') {
+    // Create a log channel
+    $log = new Logger($channelName);
+
+    // Set up the console handler
+    $consoleHandler = new StreamHandler('php://stdout', Logger::DEBUG);
+    $consoleFormatter = new LineFormatter(
+        "[%datetime%] %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context% %extra%\n",
+        "Y-m-d H:i:s.u", // Date format
+        true, // Allow inline line breaks
+        true  // Ignore empty context and extra
+    );
+    $consoleHandler->setFormatter($consoleFormatter);
+    $log->pushHandler($consoleHandler);
+
+    // Set up the file handler
+    $fileHandler = new RotatingFileHandler($logFilePath, 0, Logger::DEBUG);
+    $fileFormatter = new LineFormatter(
+        "[%datetime%] %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context% %extra%\n",
+        "Y-m-d H:i:s.u" // Date format
+    );
+    $fileHandler->setFormatter($fileFormatter);
+    $log->pushHandler($fileHandler);
+
+    return $log;
+}
+
 function fetchCount($pdo, $tableName) {
     $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT count(id) AS count FROM {$tableName};");
     $stmt->execute();